Welcome to episode 226 with my return guest, therapist Katie Morton.

I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Metal Illness Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all

the battles in our heads, from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual

dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.

The show's not meant to be a substitute for a professional metal counseling.

It's not a doctor's office, I'm not a therapist, it's more like a waiting room that doesn't

suck.

The website for this show is mentalpod.com.

Go check it out.

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I'm going to read a couple of struggle in ascences.

This one is filled out by a woman who calls herself Vail Halsey and about her depression.

She writes, I feel hopeful and open in the summer, but like my life ends when it hits fall

and winter, like everything stops.

Boy do I know that feeling.

Something you might want to check out is doing one of those lights that they use for what's

called seasonal, effective disorder and that can often help.

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